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The adult content guidelines have been normalized on Tumblr since November 2022, but if you want to know why it's not free for all porn anymore check out this p

The adult content guidelines have been normalized on Tumblr since November 2022, but if you want to know why it's not free for all porn anymore check out this post: https://www.tumblr.com/photomatt/696629352701493248/why-go-nuts-show-nuts-doesnt-work-in-2022 https://www.tumblr.com/photomatt/696629352701493248/why-go-n...

macintosh-hd 3y ago
It’s very interesting how this never affected Twitter despite how they have existed concurrently for most of their histories. I wonder if maybe this argument is bullshit or something…
- photomatt 3y ago
  I think Twitter's lack of safety and moderation of adult and illegal content is one of the next shoes to drop in the amazing reality show of the Twitter takeover. There is so much hardcore content on Twitter I have no idea how they get away with it. It's an area though where no service that accepts user-generated content is perfect, it's just how fast and well you respond when something goes wrong.
  - nashequilibrium 3y ago
    Reminds me when a morning news service was live scrolling a twitter hashtag on tv and a dick pic popped up. The reporter was so surprised, lol.
  - hughw 3y ago
    I never encounter it -- so on some level, Twitter is managing it well. If people who don't want it aren't seeing it, and those who do, are, then it's working.
    - xboxnolifes 3y ago
      You don't have to want to see it. You just have to follow a topic whose majority audience wants to see it.
    - macintosh-hd 3y ago
      It has been falling apart in recent times, but they may still course correct.
  - Georgelemental 3y ago
    I had heard that this aspect had actually improved somewhat following the acquisition, but maybe that is wrong?
- brucethemoose2 3y ago
  Like others said I think: - Porn was quarantined reasonably well - Twitter was "too big to ban" Those factors are rapidly disappearing, so it will be interesting to see if Twitter lasts...
lucb1e 3y ago
Well that was depressing. About sums up how the modern internet feels > If you wanted to start an adult social network in 2022, you’d need to be web-only on iOS and side load on Android, take payment in crypto, have a way to convert crypto to fiat for business operations without being blocked, do a ton of work in age and identity verification and compliance so you don’t go to jail, protect all of that identity information so you don’t dox your users The verification part makes sense¹, but the rest of it... this is why I try to be conscious of what kind of payment methods and app stores I use and incentivize... (that is, no paypal/creditcard if avoidable; f-droid or install directly from developer's own site if they publish it) ¹ though I don't see why you couldn't rm -rf verification data upon setting verified=1 on the account, with a SFW picture in case you need to later check that the person being shown is the one on the material; or keep a provably random 1% of each year in an offline vault to prove that guidelines were followed; or... there are options here
- frozenport 3y ago
  Still worth it. Right now they have nothing.
- azinman2 3y ago
  So how does Twitter and Reddit allow porn then?
  - lucb1e 3y ago
    I don't know that there is porn on twitter, but notice how reddit is pulling back on that as well. I thought they were going to block third party apps from viewing that, but no: you can't view it on the official site either! You need to install their custom software on your device first. Color me unsurprised if reddit does a tumblr in two years, with the difference that afaik >50% of people on tumblr were (also) there for the porn(-equivalents) and on reddit that's not the case, so they can much more safely ban all of it Internet is great these days
PhasmaFelis 3y ago
I'm less sympathetic, since (a) Tumblr did the changeover in the most hamfisted and destructive way possible (rape is bad, better delete/ban anything that mentions rape! Rape survivor groups? What are those?) and (b) it's 2023 and Twitter and Reddit still have tons of porn.

macintosh-hd 3y ago

It’s very interesting how this never affected Twitter despite how they have existed concurrently for most of their histories. I wonder if maybe this argument is bullshit or something…

photomatt 3y ago
I think Twitter's lack of safety and moderation of adult and illegal content is one of the next shoes to drop in the amazing reality show of the Twitter takeover. There is so much hardcore content on Twitter I have no idea how they get away with it. It's an area though where no service that accepts user-generated content is perfect, it's just how fast and well you respond when something goes wrong.
- nashequilibrium 3y ago
  Reminds me when a morning news service was live scrolling a twitter hashtag on tv and a dick pic popped up. The reporter was so surprised, lol.
- hughw 3y ago
  I never encounter it -- so on some level, Twitter is managing it well. If people who don't want it aren't seeing it, and those who do, are, then it's working.
  - xboxnolifes 3y ago
    You don't have to want to see it. You just have to follow a topic whose majority audience wants to see it.
  - macintosh-hd 3y ago
    It has been falling apart in recent times, but they may still course correct.
- Georgelemental 3y ago
  I had heard that this aspect had actually improved somewhat following the acquisition, but maybe that is wrong?
brucethemoose2 3y ago
Like others said I think: - Porn was quarantined reasonably well - Twitter was "too big to ban" Those factors are rapidly disappearing, so it will be interesting to see if Twitter lasts...

lucb1e 3y ago

Well that was depressing. About sums up how the modern internet feels > If you wanted to start an adult social network in 2022, you’d need to be web-only on iOS and side load on Android, take payment in crypto, have a way to convert crypto to fiat for business operations without being blocked, do a ton of work in age and identity verification and compliance so you don’t go to jail, protect all of that identity information so you don’t dox your users The verification part makes sense¹, but the rest of it... this is why I try to be conscious of what kind of payment methods and app stores I use and incentivize... (that is, no paypal/creditcard if avoidable; f-droid or install directly from developer's own site if they publish it) ¹ though I don't see why you couldn't rm -rf verification data upon setting verified=1 on the account, with a SFW picture in case you need to later check that the person being shown is the one on the material; or keep a provably random 1% of each year in an offline vault to prove that guidelines were followed; or... there are options here

frozenport 3y ago
Still worth it. Right now they have nothing.
azinman2 3y ago
So how does Twitter and Reddit allow porn then?
- lucb1e 3y ago
  I don't know that there is porn on twitter, but notice how reddit is pulling back on that as well. I thought they were going to block third party apps from viewing that, but no: you can't view it on the official site either! You need to install their custom software on your device first. Color me unsurprised if reddit does a tumblr in two years, with the difference that afaik >50% of people on tumblr were (also) there for the porn(-equivalents) and on reddit that's not the case, so they can much more safely ban all of it Internet is great these days

PhasmaFelis 3y ago

I'm less sympathetic, since (a) Tumblr did the changeover in the most hamfisted and destructive way possible (rape is bad, better delete/ban anything that mentions rape! Rape survivor groups? What are those?) and (b) it's 2023 and Twitter and Reddit still have tons of porn.